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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1944
Page
1
Pacific Fleet reports Corsair fighters aided two raids on Ponape in the eastern Carolines. Nimitz said Saturday and Sunday attacks, with U.S. bombers and fighters striking Ponape and nearby atolls as Japanese-held positions faced multiple raids.
Allied artillery broke up a German attack north of Cassino and pounded the two hotel key point areas on the road from Ternelle. Night bombardment hit Allied positions south of the town while three German platoon raids on the beachhead left wing were beaten off. About 65 enemy planes were active. two were destroyed for a loss of three Allied aircraft.
Russian troops in Bucovina threaten Czernowitz from outskirts while red artillery blasts 80 miles along the Prut. Izvestia notes artillery thunder reaching Iasi as German command tests a retreat. Konev's Second Ukrainian army drives toward German and Romanian forces with advances around Czernowitz and Sadagura.
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Soviet forces drive toward the Prut frontier while Red Star reports gains in Poland and the Balkans. Luftwaffe defenses crumble near Podolsk as Tug Poles clash near Tarnopol and the southern front braces for new conflicts. Moscow signals possible peace terms but clashes intensify across regions.
Secretary of War Stimson urged continued price control to support peacetime conversion and protect living standards for soldiers and dependents. He testified before the Senate Banking Committee, seeking a year post June 30, to prevent inflation and sustain government stabilization during war-to-peace transition.
The Textile Workers Union of America charged the High Point North Carolina housing projects for textile workers set rents beyond reach. Solomon Barkin testified apartments ranged 13.50 to 22.50 monthly while workers earned about 3.38 weekly, and cited higher local costs. General President Emil Rieve said thousands were leaving the cotton rayon industry over wage scales.
Paul V. McNutt, head of the War Manpower Commission, told a House military subcommittee that the manpower situation is relatively good and no national service legislation is needed now. He noted possible merit in job controls for about 3,000,000 men in civilian relief but did not explain how 4-Fs would be used, as the inter-agency deferments plan operation faces a deadline to solve the manpower issue.
Willkie lauded labor sincere leaders during his Wisconsin campaign stop in Milwaukee. He warned that labor must oust the arrogant leader who disrespects shared decencies with management and government, and he singled out this figure by implication.
Emil Rieve of the Textile Workers Union of America asks the national labor war board to raise the wage cost of living scale. He cites substandard living conditions driving thousands from the cotton rayon textile industry and an acute manpower shortage in Atlanta on March 28.
Stockholm dispatch reports the German press intensifies messaging to prepare the public for a western invasion any time, citing Ber liner Nachtausgabe claims of final steps in England. It notes heavy Allied air attacks on the French coast and a large Luftwaffe raid on Bristol, with Dunkirk and Calais civilians evacuating.
Allied air forces bombed Rabaul on New Britain in a new phase of warfare aimed at warehouses shops and barracks. More than 70 tons of explosives were dropped Friday and Saturday destroying or damaging 145 structures. Medium bombers dive bombers and torpedo planes supported by naval units struck fuel and ammunition storages while Libeators and Mitchells bombed the northeast New Guinea coast.
London dispatch reports that after the Cassino offensive failure the Anzio beachhead is viewed as a liability. German forces exploit internal lines, moving divisions between Cassino and Anzio while the Allies face slow sea transport and limited airborne resupply. The broader Italian front is viewed as subordinate to a Western Europe campaign plan that prioritizes measured gains over heavy losses.
Bernard M. Baruch, adviser to the War Mobilization office, laments Congress delaying action on a plan to shift the economy to peacetime production. He urges unity for preparedness and warns that delay could bring adversity rather than prosperity.
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